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tether v.用绳或链拴住(牲畜)；n.(拴牲畜的)绳或链；限度，范围 tether (n.) late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," not found in Old English, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tjoðr "tether," from Proto-Germanic *teudran (cognates: Danish tøir, Old Swedish tiuther, Swedish tjuder, Old Frisian tiader, Middle Dutch tuder, Dutch tuier "line, rope," Old High German zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE root *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1570s.tether (v.) late 14c. (implied in tethering), "confine by a tether," originally of grazing animals, from tether (n.). Figurative use also from late 14c. Related: Tethered. 【记】tight her 捆紧她(母牛)；together 一起，弄到一起，用绳子拴在一起；音：逮 + her 逮着她，抓着她，拴起来

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['te0ə] 【英】 v.用绳或链拴住(牲畜 )(tie an animal with a rope or tether);n.(拴牲畜的)绳或链( rope or chain); 限度,范围( limit of one's endurance)【考】 反义词：detach(分割 ); loose(放松); tear(撕破) v. (对牲畜等)束缚(用绳锁栓住或限制)【记】读: 太子, 需要束缚, 否则难成大气.【反】detach(v 分开); loose(v 释放); tear(v 撕裂; 撕破)

单词	tether
音标	['te0ə]
解释	v.用绳或链拴住(牲畜)；n.(拴牲畜的)绳或链；限度，范围
红宝书	【英】 v.用绳或链拴住(牲畜 )(tie an animal with a rope or tether);n.(拴牲畜的)绳或链( rope or chain); 限度,范围( limit of one's endurance) 【考】反义词：detach(分割 ); loose(放松); tear(撕破)
字源	tether (n.) late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," not found in Old English, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tjoðr "tether," from Proto-Germanic teudran (cognates: Danish tøir, Old Swedish tiuther, Swedish tjuder, Old Frisian tiader, Middle Dutch tuder, Dutch tuier "line, rope," Old High German zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE root deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1570s. tether (v.) late 14c. (implied in tethering), "confine by a tether," originally of grazing animals, from tether (n.). Figurative use also from late 14c. Related: Tethered.
不择手段背单词	v. (对牲畜等)束缚(用绳锁栓住或限制) 【记】读: 太子, 需要束缚, 否则难成大气. 【反】detach(v 分开); loose(v 释放); tear(v 撕裂; 撕破)
趣味全助记	【记】tight her 捆紧她(母牛)；together 一起，弄到一起，用绳子拴在一起；音：逮 + her 逮着她，抓着她，拴起来

Tether Late Rope One's Swedish Dutch Figurative 14c